Hong Kong law firm Hill Dickinson, traditionally seen as primarily a marine outfit, has continued a programme of broadening its offering with the hiring of Richard Lyons.
Based in the firm’s Hong Kong office with international cross-team support from Hill Dickinson’s Singapore and UK offices, Richard’s hire is the latest move by the firm to drive forward the growth of its non-marine offering in Asia.
The Hong Kong office has been significantly expanding through prominent hires in the last 12 months and, with Richard’s arrival, the firm will also have additional arbitration expertise based in Asia. This will enhance the firm’s offering to its clients engaged in ongoing infrastructure and trade activities as well as positioning the firm for further work associated with the Greater Bay Development.
Richard’s skill set allows him to advise in relation to both transactional / noncontentious construction documentation, as well as handling construction arbitration and litigation.
He joins Hill Dickinson from Arabtec Construction LLC in Dubai, one of the largest infrastructure contractors in the Middle East, where he was head of legal from 2018.
Richard is an experienced construction lawyer whose expertise also benefits from a previous career in industry, as an engineer with a number of large companies including Sir Robert McAlpine and Taylor Woodrow in the UK and the Mass Transit Railway Corporation in Hong Kong.
Since qualifying in 2006, Richard has acted primarily on construction dispute and arbitration cases concerning major infrastructure projects for clients including Hong Kong Government and Mass Transit Railway Corporation. He has also acted for clients on matters throughout Asia on projects concerning, among other things, bridges and power plants.
Damien Laracy, head of office, Hill Dickinson Hong Kong, said he was delighted to welcome Richard Lyons to the team. He commented: “We opened our Hong Kong office in 2013 with a largely marine-focused offering to meet immediate client demand. The success of the past seven years has seen us successfully expand our offering to advise our clients on a much broader range of legal matters – again to meet an identified demand. Our international offering, in particular on the noncontentious and corporate and insolvency disputes side, has now grown to complement our capability in the UK but with the distinct advantage of local market knowledge and a longstanding client base in the region.
“Richard has significant experience of working in Hong Kong and has many existing client relationships. His particular background and career experience bring a welcome additional element to our offering and I am very pleased to be able to welcome Richard to the team.”
Alan Pugh, head of Hill Dickinson’s Construction and Engineering team, said: ”I’m delighted to welcome Richard to our Hong Kong office. His extensive experience in the construction sector will further strengthen our international construction capability, particularly his major infrastructure and arbitration experience.”
Richard Lyons added: “I am very pleased to be joining the Hill Dickinson team in Hong Kong. I am looking forward to serving the demands of construction clients and to help strengthen Hill Dickinson’s client capability in the Asia region.”
Richard first moved to Hong Kong in 1996 when he obtained a position as an engineer for the Mass Transit Railway Corporation. He decided to re-train as a lawyer in 2003 and practised in Hong Kong on admission with the highly regarded construction teams in Mayer Brown and King & Wood Mallesons.
Richard was admitted to the High Court of Hong Kong in 2006 and holds professional memberships of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Society of Construction Law (Hong Kong).
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